{"id":15990,"date":"2022-04-22T21:03:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T01:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/22\/ralf-rangnick-confirms-pogbas-contract-stance-and-criticizes-baillys-game-time-plea\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T01:03:05","slug":"ralf-rangnick-confirms-pogbas-contract-stance-and-criticizes-baillys-game-time-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/22\/ralf-rangnick-confirms-pogbas-contract-stance-and-criticizes-baillys-game-time-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralf Rangnick confirms Pogba\u2019s contract stance and criticizes Bailly\u2019s game-time plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest press conference held by Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick on Friday has given rise to a pair of altogether noteworthy talking points.<\/p>\n<p>First up comes the latest on the future of midfielder Paul Pogba.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of French international Pogba\u2019s contract has of course long taken its place centre stage in the headlines at Old Trafford, ahead of the expiration of his current terms come the campaign\u2019s conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The widespread assumption throughout has been that the 29-year-old will ultimately opt to move on, in a bid to seek out one final high-profile transfer before entering the twilight years of his career.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In turn, after confirming that Pogba is unlikely to feature over the remaining weeks of the campaign owing to a fresh injury concern, it came as little surprise when the subject of his oft-criticized midfielder\u2019s future was put to Red Devils boss Ralf Rangnick.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And the German, from here, all but confirmed Pogba\u2019s imminent free agent exit:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Paul Pogba\u2019s set to leave Man United as free agent. Ralf Rangnick confirms: \u201cAs things stand, Pogba will NOT renew his contract with Manchester United\u201d. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s most likely that he won\u2019t be here anymore next season\u201d, Rangnick added. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utdreport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@utdreport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M8Y9yjSfQN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/M8Y9yjSfQN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1517621435593801729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Should not happen\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Rangnick was then drawn on another member of his side\u2019s ranks to have piqued attentions in the buildup to United\u2019s highly-anticipated Premier League showdown with Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question? Eric Bailly.<\/p>\n<p>Late on Thursday, stopper Bailly took to Instagram to respond to a comment on the part of a member of the Manchester United fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>The post in question came under a collection of photos from the club\u2019s training ground, reading \u2018Start Eric Bailly x Varane\u2019, essentially pleading for captain Harry Maguire to be dropped to the bench at the Emirates this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>And Bailly, in turn, was quick to reveal his support for the message, responding with \u2018please\u2019, accompanied by a laughing emoji and a pair of praying hands:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1708682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bailly-comment-1024x723.png\" alt=\"Ralf Rangnick confirms Pogba\u2019s contract stance and criticizes Bailly\u2019s game-time plea\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bailly-comment-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bailly-comment-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bailly-comment-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bailly-comment-910x643.png 910w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bailly-comment.png 1213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p>If the ensuing comments on the part of his manager are anything to go by, however, then the Ivorian\u2019s public plea does not appear to have gone down all too well at Old Trafford\u2026<\/p>\n<p>When drawn on the situation by the media on Friday, Ralf Rangnick revealed his take that such antics simply \u2018should not happen in a football club, no matter the league\u2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rangnick on Eric Bailly asking to play more on Instagram: \u201cIf it\u2019s true what you told me that should not happen in a football club, no matter in which league.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mulive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mulive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 utdreport (@utdreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utdreport\/status\/1517618406723305473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/completely-to-blame-or-a-victim-of-circumstance-a-look-at-paul-pogbas-man-united-career\/\">Solely to blame or a victim of circumstance? A look at Paul Pogba\u2019s Man United career<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/arsenal-vs-manchester-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Arsenal vs Manchester United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The latest press conference held by Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick on Friday has given rise to a pair of altogether noteworthy talking points. First up comes the latest on the future of midfielder Paul Pogba. The subject of French international Pogba\u2019s contract has of course long taken its place centre stage in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-15990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}